Originally Posted By ecdc <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/26/wonkbook-is-obamacare-turning-the-corner/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/...-corner/</a> >>A spin through HealthCare.Gov this morning went smoothly. The site loaded quickly. The process progressed easily. There were no error messages or endless hangs. I didn't complete the final step of purchasing insurance but, until then, the site worked -- or at least appeared to work -- exactly as intended. My experience isn't rare. There are increasing reports that HealthCare.Gov is working better -- perhaps much better -- for consumers than it was a few short weeks ago. "Consumer advocates say it is becoming easier for people to sign up for coverage," report Sandhya Somashekhar and Amy Goldstein in the Washington Post. "The truth is, the system is getting stronger as it recovers from its disastrous launch," writes Sam Baker in the National Journal. Applying "was no problem at all, with no delays," says Paul Krugman.<< The great irony here is that the news stories we're bound to see will help the continued rollout of the ACA. We'll see reports of things getting smoother, and reports of the savings people get. Not on Fox News, of course, but the media will need a new storyline, and this could provide them with it.
Originally Posted By andyll >>The great irony here is that the news stories we're bound to see will help the continued rollout of the ACA. We'll see reports of things getting smoother, and reports of the savings people get. Not on Fox News, of course, but the media will need a new storyline, and this could provide them with it.<< Maybe... good news is never as profitable as crisis news.
Originally Posted By ecdc You may be right. Instead hopefully the news will be about this disaster facing the GOP: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/us/justices-take-companies-cases-challenging-contraception-rule.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11....html?hp</a> Americans are pretty divided on abortion; on birth control, not so much. Also, women vote in greater numbers than men. Conservatives will be screaming about freedom, and independents will think, once more, that they're nuts.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Good. Too bad they didn't make the sensible decision and avoid all the negative publicity by delaying the implementation until December 1st in the first place.
Originally Posted By ecdc I personally can't wait for the "they made the rollout horrible on purpose so that the ACA would look better in the long run after they fixed it" arguments from conservative bloggers.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I personally can't wait for the "they made the rollout horrible on purpose so that the ACA would look better in the long run after they fixed it" arguments from conservative bloggers.<< That's only the 7th Circle nutjobs. The rest of them will be writing the "well it STILL isn't working for me" articles.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The news stories are, reluctantly, started to shift into the 'it's working better but still not perfect" variety. Something shiny will come along any moment to whip the 24 hour news channels into a frenzy, but Obamacare isn't working and isn't ever going to work stories are becoming so November.
Originally Posted By Donny From what they are showing the website is working better but the thing that needs to be fixed is the hand off to the private insurance companies when the person who used the website does not know if the private insurance company has there information and it can be weeks until they know. Compare it to a company like priceline where you know you have been handed off to Delta or Hilton.
